Overview

Update: 08/09/07

Online conference delegate registration, presentation abstract submission etc can be done on the conference website. Except for certain presentations (forum etc), all abstracts should be written in English. Presentation title, presenters and affiliations in Japanese should also be included in the English abstract. In addition, for oral presentation, the choice of presentation language (Japanese or English) should be selected during registration. (Presentation language will be stated in the programme to notify delegates from overseas)

Annual Meeting Theme:

Innovations in Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics Research in Support of Medical Sciences

Annual Meeting Program

Distinguished Lectures

Heyo K. Kroemer (Greifswald Univ., Germany)
　　"Drug Transport in the Cardiovascular System"
Urs-A.Meyer (University of Basel, Switzerland)
　　"Diversity of The Human Genome:Relevance for Drug Therapy"
Ger J. van der Vusse (Maastricht University, The Netherlands)
　　"Albumin as Fatty Acid Transporter"
Hiroaki Mitsuya (Kumamoto University, Japan)
　　" Molecular Targeting Approach and Xenobiotic Considerations
　　　 for Development of AIDS Therapeutics"
W. Douglas Figg (NIH/NCI, USA)
　　"Development of Angiogenesis Inhibitors for the Treatment of Cancer"

Symposium:

	Symposium 1 (S1)	[The bench-to-bedside researches for renal drug transporters and channels]
	Symposium 2 (S2)	[Recent progress in regulation mechanisms of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters]
	Symposium 3 (S3)	[International symposium on development of albumin with new functions and clinical applications]
	Symposium 4 (S4)	[Asia Pacific regional ISSX-JSSX joint symposium　“Pharmacogenomics in Asia - the present & the future; how to translate genomic informations into clinical therapeutics and drug development”]
	Symposium 5 (S5)	[Clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacology of anticancer agents: towards the personalized medicine]

Forum 2008:

(Organizer:Forum 2008 Committee)
Perspective on clinical drug-interactions in the 21st century
- preclinical, clinical and regulatory aspects -

Young Scientists’ Symposium:

(Organizer: Committee for Young Scientists’ Symposium)
“Future perspectives of drug discovery based on exploratory and innovative technologies”
Young scientists’ symposium will be held concurrently with Forum 2008. No age restriction to attend this symposium. It is hope that all will participate in the motivating the young scientists.

Oral Presentations / Poster Presentations:

The format of presentation is as the previous years, oral and poster. Oral presentation’s time is 12 minutes (talk 9 minutes, Q&A 3 minutes). Best poster award has been set for poster presentation. Kindly be informed that the awardees will be selected only from the presentation titles that have indicated to be considered for best poster award during registration.

Banquet

October 31 (Fri.) 19:00-21：00
Venues: Kumamoto Hotel Castle

Luncheon Seminar:

2-3 conference sites/day, on October 30th, 31st and November 1st.

Points on presentation title registration

1. In this annual meeting, submission of presentation title and abstract will be carried out together.
2. Submission of presentation title can only be done online. Please click on the [presentation title submission] on the main menu to move to the submission webpage. 
3. Only one presentation title is allowed for each submission.
4. Period of presentation title submission: 1st May (Thu) – 10th July (Thu) 2008.
5. Plasma projector will be used for all oral presentation.

Restriction of Annual Meeting

Any form of data recording is strictly prohibited: Photography, video and audio recording are strictly prohibited for the protection of presenters' copyright of their unpublished data.

Others

Accreditation by the Japanese Pharmacist Training Center: 9 units (3 units / day)